QUETTA: Six tribesmen were killed and two others injured when some men opened fire on a vehicle in Totak area of Khuzdar district on Thursday night.

Sources said that tribal elder Mir Saeed Qalandrani was returning to Khuzdar after attending a jirga in Banab area along with seven other people. When his vehicle reached the Totak area, about 30km from Khuzdar town, the armed men opened indiscriminate fire, killing Mr Qalandrani and five other people and injuring two others.

“All the six people died on the spot as they suffered multiple bullet injuries,” Levies officials said, adding that the injured were taken to the Khuzdar Civil Hospital.

They said that four armed men on two motorcycles attacked Mr Qalandrani’s vehicle with automatic weapons.

“The motive behind the killing is not known,” Levies officials said.

The other victims were Haji Lal Muhammad, Hafiz-ur-Rehman, Abdul Hameed, Mir Nasarullah and Master Qadir Bakhsh.